Provide API to allow user to perform a scan

[cdjackson]

It would be useful to allow users to perform a scan when creating a network to allow a clear channel to be selected prior to forming the network.

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[tejas-n]

Hi, is anyone already working on this? I asked a related question about setting a channel mask here #1051 (comment) and heard back from @triller-telekom that it's not been implemented.

I can pick this up if no one's working on it. Are you thinking of exposing methods for doing energy scan in ZigBeeNetworkManager which under the hood calls the transport layer?

[cdjackson]

Hi @tejas-n . I don't think anyone is working on this, and for sure, it would be great to do so.

Are you thinking of exposing methods for doing energy scan in ZigBeeNetworkManager which under the hood calls the transport layer?

Yes, basically the same as my thinking - we probably want the following API in both the ZigBeeNetworkManager and ZigBeeTransportTransmit .

• setChannelMask(): to set the channel mask used within the system. This is used for the scan, but may also be used for any subsequent channel changes etc.
• performScan(options), or performEnergyScan() and performActiveScan or something - to actually kick off the scan.

Exposing it through the network manager rather than just through the dongle provides the possibility later to do something smarter with changing channels automatically.

I don't think this is too hard to implement the scanning - for the Ember at least that you're using, all the code is there in the dongle, it's just a case of hooking it up :)

Thanks @tejas-n

[tejas-n]

Thanks, @cdjackson. I'll have a crack at it on the weekend :)

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